The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-12-28
The wild Horse.

Vert fDunk ful~titc, III 't.-'' 80 -
fempts af composition, often inform i's
thai the horse IS a-ascful snimal- The
sweeping generalization il subject to i'm
p,rtant notifications before it il accepicd
in an communities. There are many
Thousands ef horses that toll n 4 like
their noble progeniiors. but 20 ike the
wind. where il lis;eth, and are looked up
on a. infoiersble nuisances in the civil
ized regions they sometimes invade. Oar
Australian friends. for instance, are no
lover Of the horse in his untamed state,
and some of the colonies set a price upon
his head. and doall tiley can - stimulate
movements for his destruction. Seven
thousand Mid horses were shot in New
South Wales alone in 1873. These rcvers
Of the plains play the mischief with do
nlesticaied animals when they come
among them. and the colonists are very
much Disguised 10 observe with what
ease the noble horse relapses into bar
barisrn. and. forgetting his oats and the
other comforts Of civilization, runs of
with his Wild brethren who have not en-
loved his superior advantages.
II must be confessed that our horses
need the restraints imposed upon them
to prevent them from disgracing their an
cestors. who were certainly donesticated
when they were introduced into this
country.
Years ago il used 10 be the custom in
oursouth-western territory to brand the
young stock and even many work ami
mails, and turn them loose 10 shift for
themselves for year or two. When
they were wanted they were always as
wild As Mexican mustangs. Mr.. Powell
wrote book on the first methods of tam
ing wild horses The specimens on
which he exrrted his talents As tanner
we're for the most part formerly domesti-
Gated animals, who had forgotten all
about their old restraints while wander
ing over the plains Of oar Southwestern
territory
Travellers in the Western Territories
are no longer in danger of such an ir-
ruption of horseiesh as Murray de-
scribes in his - Travels in North America. .
He not only witnessed a stampede OF
thousands Of panic-stricken horses, but
the living torrent swept al ing toward
and over his camp, trampling skins and
dr.el meat into the ground. knocking
dow some Of the tents. and taking with
them all his horses except his riding
mare. who yainly struggled TO break her
fastenings. They still range in much
smaller herds than formerly, on the
plains Of the upper Colorado; but the
Wild horse, ike the buffalo. is disappear
ing before the advance Of the white man.
In spite Of the experience Of the Aus
traliaBs, many peoples, chiefly savage,
have been able 10 turn the Wild horse to
good account Hundreds Of thousands of
Mexican mustangs have been reduced to
servitude. The wild horse of the South
American Pampas, viii n three centuries
ago, only fifty years after the horse was
introduced from Europe had spread TO re-
gions as remote as Patagonia, has been
+ tanned 10y thousands, and has become the
useful servant of Indian tribes.
( Naturalists often discuss the question
I whether there is no y in the world such 3
creature as an aboriginal, or truly wild
horse. We know very well that the wild
horses Of the western hemisphere are al
descendants of domesticated animals
/ Where, then, is the aboriginal wild horst
TO be found? Society thinks the evidenc,
il in favor of the existence of the wild
horse in central Asia. Gesner, the grea
authority on zoology of the sixteenth
century, was Of the same opinion, but th'
evidence has often been questioned, an,
the assertion cannot positively be made
that the wild horse of the great noun
tain region which the Russians are nov
exploring is not himself the descendan
of ancient domesticated aniInals.-Ne
York iSan.
The following is the experience of
Baltimore Butcher IL have suffered Will
bad headaches for years and have trie,
many remedies without obtaining RELIEF
was advised TO give Salvation Oil tria
and it has entirely cured me-
ED. BALTZ,
La Fayette Market, Baltimore, Md.